Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA

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Alison at the Jaquish roadcut '92
	Jaquish Road Cut, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA Bill Tompkins photo showing his daughter standing on some of the boulders pushed aside from the Jaquish roadcut. These red boulders were from the ash layer and had some great zeolites inside them, including thomsonite/chabazite balls several inches across.
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Bill & Natasha the Rockhound at Reuben quarry
	Reuben Quarry, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA this photo of Bill Tompkins and Natasha the Rockhound at the old Reuben quarry in Goble, OR was taken 1-11-'03 lots of good zeolites, calcite & copper
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Boulders from roadcut
	Jaquish Road Cut, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA Some boulders from the roadcut were dumped at this site. The actual roadcut is just beyond the Jaquish Road sign that is visible in the background. The site is overgrown and no longer productive.
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Dan Rokosz at Goble Creek 10-'92
	Highway 30 roadcut, Goble Creek, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA Bill Tompkins photo taken 10'92 showing Dan Rokosz collecting zeolites at Goble Creek right beside highway 30. Small landslide made collecting easy until road crews came and hauled the remainder away. Chabazite, stilbite and thomsonite.
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Dan Rokosz at Jaquish roadcut '94
	Jaquish Road Cut, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA Bill Tompkins photo showing Dan Rokosz with one of the great zeolite specimens collected from the Jaquish roadcut several years later.
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Former main collecting site.
	Neer Road, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA This is the site where most of the rare zeolites were found in the past. It is now full of dirt, decaying leaves, grass, moss, and brush making collecting virtually impossible.
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Goble Creek 7-26-'09
	Highway 30 roadcut, Goble Creek, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA Bill Tompkins photo of Goble Creek zeolite locality showing John and Julie Siebel, who manage Rockhounds.com, from Santa, Idaho busy collecting 7-26-'09. The site isn't as good as it once was, and it's still very dangerous to collect right beside the highway, but some good pieces can still be found. Ask Julie.
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Goble Creek locality 10-'92
	Highway 30 roadcut, Goble Creek, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA Goble Creek zeolite locality 10-'92. Chabazite, Stibite, Thomsonite, sometimes all on one piece, were found in roadcut alongside highway 30. Not a safe place for children. Bill Tompkins photo
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Heulandite boulder
	Reuben Quarry, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA This is the heulandite boulder I was working on at the old Reuben quarry. It is about 3 feet across and about half was full of heulandite associated with copper. Bill Tompkins photo 9-'09
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Jaquish roadcut dump on highway 30, Goble
	Jaquish Road Cut, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA Bill Tompkins photo showing one of several places that boulders from the Jaquish roadcut were dumped, which allowed collectors some good opportunities for years to come. This dumpsite is right at the intersection of Jaquish road and Highway 30 in Goble, Oregon. Alison Tompkins and Martin Jones are in the distance.
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